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charliesmumI had this dream last night about these aliens, and they were doing something to me that was supposed to be good, but I panicked and made them stop. I can't remember details but the general unease has lasted all day.
It doesn't help that I am dead tired, since, when I wasn't being attacked by aliens I was tending to an aching Charlie.
I'm quite proud of my new icon, in case you haven't gleaned that already. This is a larger version of the picture:
My friend's son had taken a photograph of his step brother, and we were in the background. I think it is a lovely little candid moment, and Charlie just looks adorable, so I icon'd it, now that I know how. We were playing one of his many games, where we place our faces very close together, noses and foreheads touching, and I say 'You.Are.So.Naughty!' because once he was being adorable but naughty and I did that to him, and he thought it was funny.
I'm continuing to be frustrated by my baby-sitter, just in case anyone cares. Yesterday she had to go to the hospital because she had a fever - I think she goes there because rather than a doctor's office because they get state aid or something, I've no idea, but she called to tell me and asked if I could lend her husband $5 because she has the ATM card and he needs to get something to eat, or something. Sigh. He's bloody useless, if you want my opinion.
And one final rant before I go home - I was discussing the whole Live Aid/We Are The World/Do They Know its Christmas/Bob Geldof thing with someone, and upon that person actually remembering We Are The World with fondness, it reminded me of a rant I used to, well, rant, back in the day. It all came down to my Anglophile-ness, really, but there you go.
See, Do They Know it's Christmas was something that was done fairly spur of the moment, and the song never once mentioned the singers - basically it said 'yes, it is Christmas, and we should be happy, but remember while you are celebrating that there are people out there who don't have what you have.'* whereas the We are the World song was all about the singers. Plus it was all the people who probably turned Bob Geldof down the first time, not realising it was going to be the phenom that it was, and were now trying to get in on the action. It was America, I said, trying and failing once again to copy what the British did, and doing it with a lot more 'look at me, I'm nice' mentality. (Remember I was a total Anglophile. Anything British was superiour to my mind. I'm sure there is psychology behind it.)
*Although 'and there won't be snow in Africa this Christmas' has to be the stupidest lyric ever, with the possible exception of 'guilty feet have got no rhythm' or 'someone left the cake out in the rain'.
It doesn't help that I am dead tired, since, when I wasn't being attacked by aliens I was tending to an aching Charlie.
I'm quite proud of my new icon, in case you haven't gleaned that already. This is a larger version of the picture:
My friend's son had taken a photograph of his step brother, and we were in the background. I think it is a lovely little candid moment, and Charlie just looks adorable, so I icon'd it, now that I know how. We were playing one of his many games, where we place our faces very close together, noses and foreheads touching, and I say 'You.Are.So.Naughty!' because once he was being adorable but naughty and I did that to him, and he thought it was funny.
I'm continuing to be frustrated by my baby-sitter, just in case anyone cares. Yesterday she had to go to the hospital because she had a fever - I think she goes there because rather than a doctor's office because they get state aid or something, I've no idea, but she called to tell me and asked if I could lend her husband $5 because she has the ATM card and he needs to get something to eat, or something. Sigh. He's bloody useless, if you want my opinion.
And one final rant before I go home - I was discussing the whole Live Aid/We Are The World/Do They Know its Christmas/Bob Geldof thing with someone, and upon that person actually remembering We Are The World with fondness, it reminded me of a rant I used to, well, rant, back in the day. It all came down to my Anglophile-ness, really, but there you go.
See, Do They Know it's Christmas was something that was done fairly spur of the moment, and the song never once mentioned the singers - basically it said 'yes, it is Christmas, and we should be happy, but remember while you are celebrating that there are people out there who don't have what you have.'* whereas the We are the World song was all about the singers. Plus it was all the people who probably turned Bob Geldof down the first time, not realising it was going to be the phenom that it was, and were now trying to get in on the action. It was America, I said, trying and failing once again to copy what the British did, and doing it with a lot more 'look at me, I'm nice' mentality. (Remember I was a total Anglophile. Anything British was superiour to my mind. I'm sure there is psychology behind it.)
*Although 'and there won't be snow in Africa this Christmas' has to be the stupidest lyric ever, with the possible exception of 'guilty feet have got no rhythm' or 'someone left the cake out in the rain'.
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on 2005-06-01 09:27 pm (UTC)icon?
on 2005-06-01 09:40 pm (UTC)Re: icon?
on 2005-06-01 10:52 pm (UTC)Re: icon?
on 2005-06-02 01:45 am (UTC)no subject
on 2005-06-01 10:34 pm (UTC)no subject
on 2005-06-01 11:36 pm (UTC)I always thought "do they know it's Christmas" was a fairly dumb lyric too, though--I mean, the Sudan is something like 90% Muslim, so they probably wouldn't particularly care. :)
The Canadian effort--which, like the American one, was an after-the-British one, and hence sort of less lovable--was called "tears are not enough," which was true enough, although it sort of made you go, "and this crappy song is?"
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on 2005-06-02 01:23 am (UTC)no subject
on 2005-06-02 03:54 am (UTC)your babysitter.. I haven't words for it. Seriously.. lend him 5$ .. because he what, does not carry a wallet around? It's not even that much money, which brings me exactly to the point: obviously if you need money you will need more than 5$ (at least I would - and let me remind you that I'm supposed to be the poor one between the two of us). So it's not an actual need, right? It's more of a 'borrow and not return' policy.
as for the charity rant ... All the 'charity is a noble cause' blah blah blah talk... both you and I know that at most only half of the money actually goes to where it's supposed to. And I'm saying this as someone that has 10$ to charity each month donation from her bank account.
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on 2005-06-02 05:34 pm (UTC)awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww I envy u so much. (My boy died of lymphatic cancer at age 14 btw...hits some kids after puberty- they really don't know why)
I would lose this babysitter pronto (just my gut feeling)
and another stupid song lyric:
(at least these days...)
"...proud to be an American where at least I know I'm free"
I really detest that song.
LOL
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on 2005-06-02 05:52 pm (UTC)On a lighter notes, is that song lyric from that stupid Toby Keith song? (Think it is him) Cause, yeah. I share the hate.
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on 2005-06-02 10:00 pm (UTC)"...proud to be an American where at least I know I'm free"
Worst. Song. Ever. I've only heard it once, and I was scarred for life. Of all the things America has done that I'm ashamed of, that song might well top the list.
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on 2005-06-02 10:02 pm (UTC)But on the other hand, they did something as opposed to nothing, right? I mean, it was some money for hunger that wouldn't have been there otherwise.